1997 Pontiac Trans Sport problems
Owners have filed 307 complaints with NHTSA about the 1997 Pontiac Trans Sport. Steering is the most reported problem area, at 18% of complaints. After that come lighting (14%) and body & structure (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 307 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 6
- Typical mileage
- 90,000 miles 75 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 14 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 20 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 12 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 75 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 90,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 87,000 miles (10 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 12 injuries reported; 6 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1997 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Pontiac Trans Sport with enough data (167 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Recall 98v072000; the stopping distance hasn't gotten any better since the recall work has been performed, and when turning on the windshield wipers the radio failed. There had been an crash before and after the recall work had been performed because of stopping distances of the brakes.
While driving about 40 MPH consumer's vehicle crashed into another vehicle that crossed the line. Damage was from the front to dashboard, and the air bags did not deploy.
I took my 97 pontiac transport into the christensen dealership at 2125 n. University parkway. P.o box 1487 , provo utah 84604 for a recall on my windshield wiper parking assembly. The dealership charged me $40.00 to look at the windshield wipers and told me that they could not honor the recall because another person had taken the car in before me and had already fixed the recall.
1997 pontiac transport transmission failure under 70,000 miles $2,500.00 repair faulty intake valve gasket under 70,000 $650.00 repair. *nlm